What a beast of a flu season. Jasmine is fully recovered and I am on the mend. James and Kassidy are doing a bit better today. Miraculously, Abby hasn't caught it though if she does, we have some Tamiflu for her. After her bout with pneumonia last year and her tendency to hold onto every other sickness she catches, she seems like a good candidate for it. And all misgivings about rx medicines aside, this flu is a beast and if I can prevent her from getting too sick, I will. At my worst, the fever was 103.5 and all my bones ached so bad. I haven't been that sick in a very, very long time. This, despite getting my flu shot back in September. Jasmine, usually my healthiest kid, went from healthy to pneumonia in less than 48 hours last weekend. I'm so done with this whole thing. Sick of the sick.
You know.... I think I'm done with winter in general. It's been so cold this year. We are so bored and can't make plans for fear of being sick. We spent Christmas break passing around colds. We are just all totally finished with the gross and the cold.
I started school again this week, barely making it to my first classes Monday and managing through my other classes yesterday. Business computers, philosophy, US history to 1876, health/PE, and speech: all the classes I've been putting off. After this semester, I only need biology 1 & 2, US history after 1876, and functional college algebra (shudder). And then, finally, I'll have my associates degree. My plan after that is to transfer to UTA and get my degree in social work. Whether it's a masters or bachelors, I'm unsure. I'm looking forward to getting all the core classes over with for sure. The reality of this whole kid thing is that they will all grow up (too soon!) and will be needing cars, auto insurance, braces, colleges, etc and I feel that we'll need two incomes to make that happen. We're o.k. on one income but two couldn't hurt. Beyond that, it will be nice to have the ability to travel and take normal family vacations and retire with some savings.
Thanks for the update
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your update. I hope to be able to publish this comment. Haven't had luck yet.
ReplyDeleteI finally checked out your etsy store, that is awesome that you are doing well with it! For only being open a year, and 250 sales is pretty awesome. I'm thinking of opening one soon; I'm just need something to occupy my overactive mind. To answer your question - sorry it's taken me so long- I had more kidney stones removed. It's just this thing that has to be done now and then. :-)
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